Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi, Crete. Photo source: Visit Greece / Y. Skoulas Tourism and improving consumer confidence is set to drive Greece’s GDP up by a rate of 13 percent in the second quarter (Q2) of the year, said a report released this week by the National Bank of Greece (NBG). The revised report takes into […]
The interest of international holidaymakers for Athens has grown stronger during the last few months, with online searches for the Greek capital picking up pace in July compared to the previous months, according to a survey conducted by travel and tourism marketing agency Tourix. Titled “Tourism Demand via internet related to accommodation for the destination […]
A total of 69 deals comprising mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity, and venture financing, were announced in the global travel and tourism sector during July 2021, which is a decline of 6.8 percent over 74 deals announced during the previous month, said GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. According GlobalData Lead Analyst Aurojyoti […]
Herod Atticus Odeon, Athens © GTP Travel receipts in the first six months of the year increased by 51.0 percent and by 851.8 percent in June, said the Bank of Greece (BoG) on Monday attributing the positive trend to a 317.1 percent increase in June of inbound traveler flows. More specifically, according to central bank […]
The number of visitors to Greece’s museums dropped 89.4 percent between January and April 2021, said the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). According to the results of ELSTAT’s monthly survey with data on visitor numbers and generated receipts from tickets sales at museums and archaeological sites for April, the number of visitors to Greece’s sites over […]
Photo source: Visit Greece / E. Fili Corfu is Europe’s best destination for a wellness-inspired city break, according to a study by Radical Storage, a company offering luggage services to holidaymakers, backpackers and business travelers. Radical Storage analyzed some of the most popular weekend and short-stay city destinations in and around Europe, ranking cities based
Chania, Crete Eight in 10 foreign travelers to Western Crete said they feel safe on the island with regard to Covid-19 and expressed their satisfaction with overall adherence to measures and health protocols at hotels and restaurants, found a study released this week by the Western Crete Tourism Observatory. According to initial findings of the […]
Plaka, Athens. Photo: GTP The decision to ease Covid-19 restrictions and allow economic activity earlier this year as well as the opening to tourists contributed to a recovery in Greek business turnover in the second quarter (Q2) of the year, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said this week. More specifically, Q2 turnover for all enterprises and […]
Photo source: advertising.expedia.com/ Continued search growth and shifting traveler behavior and attitudes are some of the key findings of the Q2 Trend Report for Travel Recovery that was recently released by Expedia Group Media Solutions. “Throughout Q2, we continued to see strong global search growth, rising international searches and lengthening search windows, among
Greek accommodation services providers saw turnover increase in the second quarter (Q2) of the year by 452.3 percent to 596,430,723 euros against 107,999,937 euros in Q2 2020, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said on Thursday. Leading the way the regional unit Rhodes marking the largest overall increase in Q2 turnover compared to Q2 2020 up […]


















